Rebecca Adlington’s coach to head up British swimming team

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Bill Furniss, the man who guided Rebecca Adlington to two gold medals at the
Beijing Olympics in 2008, is to be named as the new coach of Britain’s
swimmers.

The 56-year-old will succeed Dennis Pursley, who accepted the blame for GB’s
poor performance in London last summer where the team won only three medals,
including two bronzes for Adlington. The target was between five and seven
medals.

Furniss was in charge of the Britain team in Barcelona 1992 but staff roles
were filled purely for the three weeks of the Games.